Man fatally shot by Fountain Valley police after stealing officer's gun, bodycam video shows

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. (KABC) -- Newly released bodycam video shows the tense moments leading up to the fatal shooting of a man who stole an officer's gun in Fountain Valley.

Fountain Police Department officers were initially called to the area on Jan. 24 for reports of someone trying to get into an occupied car near Kazuo Masuda Middle School.

When they found the suspect, 26-year-old Osean McClintock, police said a foot pursuit ensued. The suspect ran to a nearby gas station then to a bank and finally through a parking lot.

Officers made contact with the suspect at the intersection of San Mateo Street and El Corazon Avenue. That's when the suspect got into a struggle with a female officer while she was still in her patrol car.

Footage shows McClintock wrestle the officer's gun away from her.

They both ended up outside the vehicle.

"Please don't shoot me!" the officer says with McClintock steps away from her, video shows.

The officer's partner reaches the scene and shoots McClintock, who had climbed into the police cruiser. The suspect died at the scene.

The Orange County District Attorney's Office and Fountain Valley police are investigating this shooting.